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species Corbicula fluminalis (Müller, 1774): specimens
60 available nominal species synonyms (126 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Corbicula fluminalis — Nesemann et al. (2007), Mackie (2007), Lasso et al. (2009), Van Damme & Van Bocxlaer (2009), Bogan (2010), ... Múrria et al. (2020), Ituarte (2020), Príe et al. (2021), Jihad (2023), Kropotin et al. (2023)
Corbicula fluminea — Mackie (2007), He & Zhuang (2013)
Corbicula fluminalis fluminalis — IUCN (2010)
Corbicula cor — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula consobrina — Kantor et al. (2010)
Corbicula purpurea — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula fluminalis tanganyicensis — IUCN (2010)
Corbicula fluminalis cunningtoni — IUCN (2010)
Corbicula ferghanensis — Kantor et al. (2010), Vinarski & Kantor (2016)
Corbicula producta — IUCN (2012)
Corbicula (s.s.) fluminalis — Huber (2015), Bespalaya et al. (2025)
Corbicula spp. — Prié et al. (2023)
Corbicula cf. fluminalis — Kropotin et al. (2023)
Corbicula (s.s.) cf. fluminalis — Bespalaya et al. (2025)

Range

Native to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Introduced to Europe and South America.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

MNHN_MP_4601 10 km Est Keddamou	MNHN_MP_4602 45 km N de Tombouctou	MNHN_MP_4860 50 km sud de Taoudeni
MNHN_MP_3503 Ali Agringa (Egueï)	MNHN_MP_3503 Ali Agringa (Egueï)	MNHN_MP_4899 Aoulef
MNHN_MP_4899 Aoulef	MNHN_MP_3384 Bagamois	MNHN_MP_3384 Bagamois
MNHN_MP_4590 Batou Gadjan (Iran)	MNHN_MP_4861 Caverns a assements Ilfued (Essen)	MNHN_MP_3513 Doufilé
MNHN_MP_3513 Doufilé	MNHN_MP_3498 Egypte / Kyngani	MNHN_MP_3498 Egypte / Kyngani
MNHN_MP_4608 Eng Tougibé: 20° 45’ N 4° 30’ W	MNHN_MP_4898 In Salah	MNHN_MP_4898 In Salah
MNHN_MP_3510 Kyngani	MNHN_MP_3510 Kyngani	MNHN_MP_4575 La Luapula à Kashiosum
MNHN_MP_4605 Lenkoranka, pres Lenkoran	MNHN_MP_3542 Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika	MNHN_MP_3542 Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika
MNHN_MP_3542 Marunga au N de Kapampa, Tanganika	MNHN_MP_4616 Oued el Abid, antre Talerra et Hassi el Yolleh, Sahara Occidental	MNHN_MP_4755 Riviere Miangoulon
MNHN_MP_4609 Sahara	MNHN_MP_4892 Sahara	MNHN_MP_4614 Sahara près de Tombouchtou
MNHN_MP_3539 Sahara Temacinin	MNHN_MP_3539 Sahara Temacinin	MNHN_MP_3540 Sahara Temacinin
MNHN_MP_3540 Sahara Temacinin	MNHN_MP_4594 Sennar, Sudan	MNHN_MP_4579 Station de Kasuidi (bords du lac Albert)
MNHN_MP_4897 Taoudeni	MNHN_MP_3522 Ugoi	MNHN_MP_3522 Ugoi

Algeria

MNHN_MP_4585
Flatters, Algérie

MNHN_MP_3533
La Macta

Chad

MNHN_MP_4737 Djousal (Egypté) NE du Lac Chad	MNHN_MP_4658 Lac Tchad	MNHN_MP_4663 Lac Tchad
MNHN_MP_4663 Lac Tchad	MNHN_MP_4700 Lac Tchad	MNHN_MP_4703 Lac Tchad
MNHN_MP_3523 Lac Tchad	MNHN_MP_3523 Lac Tchad

Congo (DRC)

MNHN_MP_3528
Lac Tanganika à Kibanga

Djibouti

MNHN_MP_4895
Djibouti

Egypt

MNHN_MP_4727 Alexandria	MNHN_MP_4641 Alexandria	MNHN_MP_4576 Alexandrie
MNHN_MP_4578 Alexandrie, Egypte	MNHN_MP_4845 Canal d’eau douce Suez, Egypte	MNHN_MP_4587 Egypte
MNHN_MP_4735 Egypte	MNHN_MP_4856 Egypte	MNHN_MP_4890 Egypte
MNHN_MP_4891 Egypte	MNHN_MP_3507 Egypte	MNHN_MP_3507 Egypte
MNHN_MP_4863 La Cairo	MNHN_MP_4862 La Cairo (Le Nil)

INHS_50654. Egypt

INHS_50664. Nile River, Cairo, Egypt

Ethiopia

MNHN_MP_3442 Lac Aoussa	MNHN_MP_3442 Lac Aoussa	MNHN_MP_3536 Lac Aoussa
MNHN_MP_3536 Lac Aoussa

Iran

MNHN_MP_4907
Persia

Iraq

MNHN_MP_3515
de l’Euphrate

Mali

MNHN_MP_4701 Arezzaf, Soudan	MNHN_MP_4712 Arezzaf, Soudan	MNHN_MP_4695 Chemal d’Askia, pres Tombouctou
MNHN_MP_4696 Chemal d’Askia, pres Tombouctou

Pakistan

INHS_52394. Peshawar, British India, Peshawar, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

INHS_52395. Peshawar, India, Peshawar, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

INHS_52396. Peshawar, India, Peshawar, Kyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Senegal

MNHN_MP_4619
Lac Tanma, Senegal

Syria

MNHN_MP_4908 Alep	MNHN_MP_4610 L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)	MNHN_MP_4611 L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)
MNHN_MP_4612 L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)	MNHN_MP_4584 L’Oued el Kebir a Tell Kalat (Alaouites)	MNHN_MP_4912 Lac de Homs, Syrie; Lac de Horus

Tanzania

MNHN_MP_3544 fleuve Kingani	MNHN_MP_4864 fleuve Kyngani	MNHN_MP_3524 fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo
MNHN_MP_3524 fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_3527 fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo	MNHN_MP_3527 fleuve Kyngani à Bagamoyo
MNHN_MP_4894 fleuve Kyngani près Bagamoyo

Thailand

MNHN_MP_4567
Thailand: Maenam Chao Praya: Chainat

MNHN_MP_4506
Thailand: Maenam Yom at Prae

MNHN_MP_4454
Thailand: Maenam Yom près Prae

unknown

MNHN_MP_4857 [no locality available]	MNHN_MP_4911 [no locality available]	MNHN_MP_4573 [no locality available]
MNHN_MP_4582 Lac Albert-Edward	MNHN_MP_4586 Lac Victoria Nyanza	MNHN_MP_4739 Le Nil
MNHN_MP_4853 Le Nil	MNHN_MP_4859 Le Nil	MNHN_MP_4902 Le Nil
MNHN_MP_4721 Nil	MNHN_MP_4767 Nil	MNHN_MP_4900 Nil
MNHN_MP_4581 Tanganyika	MNHN_MP_4583 Victoria Nyanza

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Myanmar

RMBH_MCorb_143_1. (COI: OR253013, go to Genbank) Myanmar, Bago River.

RMBH_MCorb_143_3. (COI: OR253015, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_86_1. (COI: OR252935, go to Genbank) Myanmar, Indaw Lake.

RMBH_MCorb_86_2. (COI: OR252936, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_86_3. (COI: OR252937, go to Genbank) ditto.

Russia

RMBH_MCorb_136_1. (28S: OR252296, 28S: PV036604, COI: OR252995, go to Genbank) Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Malyy Sulak River.

RMBH_MCorb_136_2. (28S: OR252298, 28S: OR252297, COI: OR252996, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_136_3. (28S: OR252299, COI: OR252997, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_136_4. (28S: OR252300, COI: OR252998, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_135_1. (28S: OR252293, 28S: OR252292, COI: OR252993, go to Genbank) Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Shura-Ozen River.

RMBH_MCorb_135_2. (28S: OR252295, 28S: OR252294, COI: OR252994, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_137. (28S: OR252301, COI: OR252999, go to Genbank) Russia, Republic of Dagestan, Sulak River.

RMBH_MCorb_138. (28S: OR252302, COI: OR253000, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_1. (28S: OR252308, 28S: OR252307, COI: OR253003, go to Genbank) Russia, Stavropol Krai, Kura (Podkumok) River.

RMBH_MCorb_141_10. (28S: OR252322, COI: OR253012, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_2. (28S: OR252310, 28S: OR252309, COI: OR253004, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_3. (28S: OR252312, 28S: OR252311, COI: OR253005, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_4. (28S: OR252314, 28S: OR252313, COI: OR253006, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_5. (28S: OR252316, 28S: OR252315, COI: OR253007, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_6. (28S: OR252317, COI: OR253008, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_7. (28S: OR252319, 28S: OR252318, COI: OR253009, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_8. (28S: OR252320, COI: OR253010, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_141_9. (28S: OR252321, COI: OR253011, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_01. (28S: KX347246, COI: KX192335, go to Genbank) Russia: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Arkhangelsk, Thermal Power Plant Canal (64.5747, 40.5831).

RMBH_Mcorb_03_1. (28S: MG757355, COI: KX192337, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_03_2. (28S: MG757356, COI: KX192338, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_04_1. (COI: KX192339, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_04_2. (COI: KX192340, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_05_1. (COI: KX192341, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_05_2. (COI: KX192342, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_06. (COI: KX192343, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_07. (COI: KX192344, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_08. (COI: KX192345, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_11_1. (28S: KX347248, COI: KX192346, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_11_2. (28S: MG757357, COI: KX192347, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_12_1. (28S: MG757358, COI: KX192348, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_12_2. (28S: MG757359, COI: KX192349, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_12_3. (28S: MG757360, COI: KX192350, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_12_4. (28S: MG757361, COI: KX192351, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_12_5. (COI: KX192352, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_52_1. (COI: MG759517, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_52_2. (COI: MG759518, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_Mcorb_52_4. (28S: MG757365, COI: MG759520, go to Genbank) ditto.

Turkey

RMBH_MCorb_31_1. (28S: OR252261, COI: OR252888, go to Genbank) Turkey: Karasu River (36.640836 36.505692).

RMBH_MCorb_31_2. (28S: OR252262, COI: OR252889, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_31_3. (28S: OR252263, COI: OR252890, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_31_4. (28S: OR252264, COI: OR252891, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_32_1. (28S: OR252265, COI: OR252892, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_32_2. (28S: OR252266, COI: OR252893, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_32_3. (28S: OR252267, COI: OR252894, go to Genbank) ditto.

RMBH_MCorb_32_4. (28S: OR252268, COI: OR252895, go to Genbank) ditto.

Uzbakistan

RMBH_MCorb_167. (COI: PV023735, go to Genbank) Uzbekistan: Chirchiq River (40.9054 68.7484).